8 Guys Share What They Really Thought When They Saw Their Brides Walk Down The Aisle

Your wedding day is likely going to be one of the biggest and most emotional days of your life. After all, you're pledging to spend the rest of your life with that one person you love. The ceremony itself is the culmination of months of planning between you and your partner. And the first time he (or she) sees you in your wedding dress will be a BIG moment, for both of you.

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We wondered what must be going through a typical guy’s head in that moment, so we asked a few married men to reminisce about when they first saw their bride walking down the aisle. Here's what they shared:

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“'I can't believe this is actually happening.' That’s what I was thinking. We’d been together for a long time, and for most of our relationship I knew she was the one I was going to marry, hopefully. Then comes the engagement and all of the wedding planning and it almost feels abstract in a way. But it all leads to the moment when she’s walking down the aisle and then you get to the ‘I do’s,’ and for me that was just a very surreal thing. Not to be cheesy, but it’s one of my happiest moments.” —Justin F.

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“My wife looked amazing. I quite literally couldn’t take my eyes off of her. All I could think when she was coming down the aisle was, ‘Wow, we’re going to be together forever. I am extremely f**king lucky.’” —Tyler P.

“It’s funny, but I remember thinking about how happy and proud her father looked, to be walking his daughter down the aisle. When I first started dating her, I can guarantee you he didn’t think this was a moment that would ever happen. He just did not like me when I first started dating his daughter, but I can respect a protective dad. I hope to be one someday.” —Scott W.

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“I thought: ‘I can’t believe any part of me ever questioned this.’ That sounds bad I guess, but I think most people question their marriage during the engagement at one time or another, and there were a few times when I had minor cold feet. But as soon as I saw her on our wedding day, I just couldn’t have been more happy and excited to really get our lives started together.” —Jordan T.

“I recall thinking I had to make sure I remembered every moment of what was about to happen, because it was going to be one of the best moments of my life. I tried to remember not only everything about how it happened, but the feelings I was experiencing during them. It was pure joy, man. Years later, and it still really gets me when I think back to that day. I wish I could do it all over again. With my wife, I mean. Not with someone else.” —Noah A.

“‘I hope I don’t pass out!’ I actually hadn’t even been thinking about that as a possibility at all until my mom told me before the ceremony that I needed to make sure my knees weren’t locked, because apparently that has something to do with you passing out. I’m still not sure if that’s true, but I didn’t want to pass out at the altar.” —Trent D.

“The first thing I thought was ‘Holy sh*t, that woman is the woman of my dreams, so I guess things worked out pretty well for me.’ The second was ‘I wish I could stop sweating.’ I thought people would think I was nervous. I wasn’t. It was just summer and we were outdoors.” —Joel C.

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“I was thinking to myself that I shouldn’t cry, but then I just let it out. I cried straight through the ceremony, and I’m not ashamed of that. One thing my wife has helped me learn is to not avoid or run away from my emotions.” —Cam D.

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